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Appointment for Murder

by Susan Crain Bakos

True story of a well-respected, prestigious dentist who murdered 7 people over 22 years, in a hardworking, blue-collar community.

Heart of a Raven (Behind Closed Doors #3)

by Susan Crosby

Heath Raven had secluded himself away from the world for years, but his self-imposed isolation had not stopped him from fathering a child.

Rules of Attraction (Behind Closed Doors #4)

by Susan Crosby

Quinn's rules were simple. Do the job. Stay out of danger. And NEVER get personally involved with a client.

Secrets of Paternity (Behind Closed Doors #5)

by Susan Crosby

Almost 20 years ago, James Paladin had agreed to be a sperm donor to his best friend's wife, but now his friend was dead.

Hot Shot

by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

In a single impulsive act, Susannah Faulconer follows her heart and finds herself severed from her family and friends.

Tamar and the Tiger

by Susan Jeschke

Tamar and her father go to Tasmania to save the nearly extinct Tasmanian Tiger.

Things No Longer There: A Memoir of Losing Sight and Finding Vision

by Susan Krieger

Even before the author lost her sight, she was interested in how things are never as we recall them.

Sex Differences in Depression

by Susan Nolen-Hoeksema

How can we account for the fact that women are twice as likely as men to experience protracted sadness, apathy, low self-esteem and other symptoms of depression?

A Reader's Guide to the Classic British Mystery

by Susan Oleksiw

Lists of characters and their creators; occupations of characters; time periods, locations, and settings of stories; 100 classics; police and local forces; and the British class system

Samantha Learns a Lesson: A School Story (The American Girls Collection)

by Susan S. Adler

Samantha is determined to help 9-year-old Nellie, attending school for the first time, with her school work and learns what it's like to be a poor child and work in a factory.

In America: A Novel

by Susan Sontag

In America is a kaleidoscopic portrait of America on the cusp of modernity. As she did in her enormously popular novel The Volcano Lover, Susan Sontag casts a story located in the past in a fresh, provocative light to create a fictional world full of contemporary resonance.<P><P> In 1876 a group of Poles led by Maryna Zalezowska, Poland's greatest actress, emigrate to the United States and travel to California to found a "utopian commune." When the commune fails, Maryna stays, learns English, and―as Marina Zalenska―forges a new, even more triumphant career on the American stage, becoming a diva on par with Sara Bernhardt.<P> In America is about many things: a woman's search for self-transformation; the fate of idealism; a life in the theater; the many varieties of love; and, not least of all, stories and storytelling itself. Operatic in the scope and intensity of the emotions it depicts, richly detailed and visionary in its account of America, and peopled with unforgettable characters.<P> In America is the winner of the 2000 National Book Award for Fiction.

On Photography

by Susan Sontag

6 essays on photography (In Plato's Cave; America, Seen Through Photographs, Darkly; Melancholy Objects; The Heroism of Vision; Photographic Evangels; The Image-World), and a brief anthology of quotations.

Touch of Desire

by Susan Spencer Paul

In a world of forbidden magic, seduction is the most powerful spell... a paranormal romance.

Touch of Night

by Susan Spencer Paul

Behind glittering ballrooms lies a dark realm of magic and forbidden passions ... a paranormal romance.

Touch of Passion

by Susan Spencer Paul

Destiny reveals a powerful magic and a passion that won't be denied... a paranormal romance.

Waiting for You

by Susane Colasanti

At the beginning of her sophomore year, Marisa is ready for a fresh start and, more importantly, a boyfriend. So when the handsome and popular Derek asks her out, Marisa thinks her long wait for happiness is over. But several bumps in the road—-including her parents’ unexpected separation, a fight with her best friend, and a shocking disappointment in her relationship with Derek—-test Marisa’s ability to maintain her new outlook. Only the anonymous DJ, whose underground podcasts have the school’s ear, seems to understand what Marisa is going through. But she has no idea who he is—or does she? In this third romantic novel from Susane Colasanti, Marisa learns how to “be in the Now” and realizes that the love she’s been waiting for has been right in front of her all along.

Gregor the Overlander (Underland Chronicles Book #1)

by Suzanne Collins

When 11-year-old Gregor follows his little sister through a grate in the laundry room of their New York apartment building, he hurtles into the dark Underland beneath the city. There, humans live uneasily beside giant spiders, bats, cockroaches, and rats - but the fragile peace is about to fall apart. Gregor wants no part of a conflict between these creepy creatures. He just wants to find his way home. But when he discovers that a strange prophecy foretells a role for him in the Underland's uncertain future, he realizes it might be the only way to solve the biggest mystery of his life. Little does he know his quest will change him - and the Underland - forever.

Keeping Secrets

by Suzanne Somers

Somers is the adult child of an alcoholic. Her childhood, as well as her siblings' childhoods, was robbed by a terrible and painful disease that no one wanted to talk about.

Beaten (Surviving Southside #2)

by Suzanne Weyn

Are they really the perfect couple? Paige, cheerleading captain at Southside High, and Ty, star running back, appear to be the perfect couple. But when they have their first fight, Ty screams at Paige. Paige is shocked and afraid, but Ty apologizes. Then after losing a game, Ty goes ballistic and hits Paige. Ty is arrested for assault. Even after this, she secretly meets up with Ty. But can Paige be with someone she's afraid of? What's worse--flinching every time your boyfriend gets angry? Or being alone?

At the Seventh Level

by Suzette Haden Elgin

Abba is a remotely beautiful world, but one that treats women as not human, but rather a sort of necessary beast. One brilliant female has risen to the top of the society, and is now the target of an evil plot.

Furthest

by Suzette Haden Elgin

When Coyote Jones visited the planet Furthest, he was restricted in the areas he could visit. What were the natives hiding?

The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age

by Sven Birkerts

In our zeal to embrace the wonders of the Electronic Age, are we sacrificing our literary culture? Birkerts believes the answer is a resounding YES!

A Short Guide to Writing about Art

by Sylvan Barnet

Addressed primarily to students in art history courses, the author has much to say on good writing, as he supports it with well-chosen samples. Emphasis on asking the right kind of question when viewing art.

Beyond the Tomorrow Mountains (Children of the Star, Book Two)

by Sylvia Engdahl

Noren had now come to believe in the Prophecy's fulfillment, yet the more he learned of the grim truth, the less possible it seemed that their world could ever be changed. Was it right to keep on promising them a brighter future?

Stewards of the Flame

by Sylvia Engdahl

When burned-out starship captain Jesse Sanders is seized by a dictatorial medical regime and detained on the colony planet Undine, he has no idea that he is about to be plunged into a bewildering new life that will involve ordeals and joys beyond anything he has ever imagined, as well as the love of a woman with powers that seem superhuman. Still less does he suspect that he must soon take responsibility for the lives of people he has come to care about and the preservation of their hopes for the future of humankind. Winner of a bronze medal in the 2008 Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Awards, this controversial novel deals with government-imposed health care, end-of-life issues, and the so-called paranormal powers of the human mind. Despite being set in the distant future on another world, it appeals not only to science fiction readers but to others who question the dominant medical philosophy of today's society, or who value personal freedom of choice.

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